Do you like Wi-Fi? Then don't stay here. This hotel treats Wi-Fi like it's water. Water, on a dying waterless planet, that teases you with a mirage of water out on the horizon, but itâs not real water, and you have to beg, borrow, or steal to get the smallest amount of actual water to live off â of until the next day, when the game starts all over again.
They deliberately make their âFreeâ Wi-Fi unusable so youâre pushed to the âUltimate Wi-Fiâ (thatâs actually only slightly faster than a 3G phone connection). Maybe this is a one-off weird issue? Maybe itâs me? Nope! ALL Premier Inns operate this way â as I stayed in two different locations on one trip; a mistake I wonât make again.
But wait! They have a solution! A FREE coupon / voucher code to the rescue! Right? Sadly, unless youâre traveling alone with a BlackBerry phone, you likely have more than ONE device in your room that needs Wi-Fi. So youâre supposed create a Premier Wi-Fi account, and THEN input your coupon / voucher code into that account, so that THEN you can share and get more than one device online at a time. Does it work? You bet! Only 12 different screens assuming your family types in your new free Premier Wi-Fi account details correctly. But since youâve read this far in the review, youâre now smarter than everyone at Premier Inn â who isnât a nefarious bean counter playing keep-away with the Wi-Fi codes like itâs water on a dying, dust-filled planet.